ESF President weighs in on the effects of Plan B, or the Morning After Pill.  Previously, the method has been viewed as a contraceptive, but a closer look at the findings of a new study, published in the Contraception Journal, suggests that it may have a predominant, abortifacient effect.   ALL OVULATE, WITHOUT PREGNANCIES — PLAN B IS NOT CONTRACEPTIVE (A Critique Of Noé Et Al 2010[1])   The mechanism of action (MOA) of plan B levonorgestrel emergency contraception (LNG-EC) remains

“And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.’ And the angel departed from her.” (Luke 1:38) On January 1st, Catholics everywhere celebrate the Feast Day of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.  The “Theotokos” is honored on this day, and has been so by generations, since 1931.  As always, God respects free will; He allows humanity to chose its individual path in life.  In this way,

My Personal Victimization On Behalf Of The Contraceptive Mentality When I look at a pregnant woman, I have this sense of joy, a sense of jovial excitement — one that is matched by few other feelings I experience when casting eyes on a stranger.  I love to see a woman, glowing in the prime of her pregnancy months, proudly flaunting the beauty and immeasurable accomplishment of the life growing inside of her.  Often these women are wearing flattering maternity clothes

Shocker! An interesting and compelling study was published in the latest issue of “Education and Health,” scholarly online and open access journal, based in the UK.  The study commentary, given by Professor David Paton, Chair of Industrial Economics at Nottingham University Business School, entitled “Underage Conceptions and Abortions in England and Wales 1969-2009: The Role of Public Policy,” provides a new look into the effects of the ever-present societal push toward birth control. Today, this push has been not only

The Pro-Choice “Bandwagon” Skillfully Distracts From Akin’s Main Arguments Behind Defense Of Life Cause Today, ESF Founder and President, Dr. Dominic Pedulla, was published in Catholic Online.   The Doctor notes a clarification, in his article, of Akin’s main point and of the argument against abortion, which is so often attacked by the question of “rape and incest.” As a continuation of his earlier article, Dr. Pedulla admits that he, initially, fell for the “bandwagon” attack against what seems to be

A Celebration Of True Womanhood If, as I remember the Psalmist saying “The Queen stands at the King’s right hand” (Psalm 45), and if, as the Gospel teaches us, Jesus was to receive the throne of His father David, not just temporally, but “forever”, then it is only appropriate to consider the humble Virgin of Nazareth, Mary the Mother of God – she who was the very first to accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior — the “Queen of Heaven.”

What Akin Ought To Have Said It’s false to say what Akin said, that rape will not result in pregnancy, or that it does so only rarely, due to some protective mechanism in the female body.  The reality is that there are many pregnancies from rape.  And perhaps his rashly made comments were generated, at least in part, by frustrations of the question he was asked, frustrations pro-lifers know only too well – the phony insistence that if abortion is

Everything Nice, An Oklahoma-Based Gourmet Sweets Company Generously Donates Time and Talent To ESF! An Oklahoma-based sweets company, which specializes in unique, extravagant, and artistic goodies has graciously donated their time and talent this weekend to the Edith Stein Foundation’s cause.  These young and immeasurably skilled entrepreneurs contributed 100% of their proceeds from the “Women of Faith, Women of Action” conference, this past weekend, to our Foundation. As the only food vendor at the conference, the ladies of Everything Nice were considerably

The Edith Stein Foundation Responds To An Author’s Feeble Attempt At Demeaning Womanhood On Tuesday the Huffington Post ran a shockingly radical article by author Laura Stepp, who is described by her publisher as a “Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.”  The premise of the article is simply a mission of promoting the recent passage of Obama’s HHS Mandate, which requires employers to provide coverage of services such as birth control, sterilization and abortion.  Blinded by her blatantly desperate goal of pushing the

On The Feast Day Of Edith Stein — August 9th We think that if the great Saint Edith Stein (Theresa Benedicta of the Cross) were alive today, she would be a tireless and undaunted champion of the true dignity of women, of their true “reproductive rights”, and of their true “reproductive freedom!” Of course this would mean fighting against the counterfeit facsimile of these freedoms; namely contraception, sterilization, and abortion. May our society soon confront the false and demeaning contraceptive stereotype of